Independent voters see Pres. Obama in a negative light by a nearly 2-1 margin, according to a new Marist College survey, while almost half of voters say he has failed to meet their expectations.

The poll, conducted Feb. 1-3, showed just 44% of registered voters approving of Obama’s job as president. 47% disapprove. But among indie voters, Obama’s approval rating sits at a terrible 29%, while his disapproval rating is at 57%.

Obama’s 44% job approval rating is the lowest he has scored in any non-internet poll since moving into the WH, according to a review of data compiled by Pollster.com.

SEC approves “money market” new rule with 4-1 vote. This explains the negative rate on bills: at this point, should there be another meltdown, money market investors will not, repeat not, be able to withdraw their money purely on the whim of Mary Schapiro. As the SEC noted: “We understand that suspending redemptions may impose hardships on investors who rely on their ability to redeem shares.” Too bad investors’ hardships considerations ended up being completely irrelevant.

Big Government idiots spring into action, after figuring out the attempted terror attacker was on their very on government terror watch lists. Terrorist’s father had notified the US State department in Nigeria six months ago that he had ‘bad suspicions’ about his son.

Napolitano’s TSA decides new rules, can’t go to bathroom one hour before landing.

Looks like TSA gets a big lump of coal in it’s stocking this year. Multiple screenings and they didn’t spot the bomb? Or even zero in on the person on their very own no-fly watch lists. Napolitano declares government terror system worked perfectly … uhh huh it sure did Janet, it sure did.